TIE - Student Projects

Student Technology Project Examples

	Name of Project/	Description/Objective	Student Exemplar	Tools
	NOT-TO-MISS PROJECTS are identified with a *
	AUDIO PROJECTS

*	How Do You Spell That?	ECE students learned about homophones and homonyms, then wrote their own "clues" for their listening audience.		Tool used: Audacity Other tools to use: AudioBoo Vocaroo ChirbIt
*	Booktalks	After reading a novel, students write a booktrailor to advertise the book & entice other readers to read it.	Elle's Booktalk: The Giver	Tool used: Audacity Wordle Other tools to use: Vocaroo AudioBoo
	The origin of everyday expressions podcast	Researching the derivation of common-day sayings, students wrote a short understanding of how the phrase came to be	What Did You Say? Origins of everyday expressions (Thatcher at bottom)	Tool used: Audacity Other tools to use: AudioBoo Vocaroo ChirbIt
	VISUAL PROJECTS
*	Research-based Collaborative Animal Study	Students worked in cooperative groups of 4 to research an animal, then place their understanding within a clue format.		Tool used: FlipCam, SchoolTube Other tools to use: PhotoPeach SlideRoll PhotoStory3
*	Digital Reporters	Third grade students split into groups to use primary resources (from the Denver Public Library) and digital cameras to compare the "now and then" of two different neighborhoods surrounding their school.	\| View Sample Photo Books \| Create your own Photo Book	Tool used: Mixbook Other tools to use: Tikatok PhotoPeach CogDogRoo
	Research-based virtual tours	Students chose and researched a topic of their choice and created an investigative report.	Middle School student projects Second grade projects	Tool used: MapWing
	Research-based group presentations	Students worked in groups to describe the various levels of biological organization.	Wiki	Tool used: Wikispaces >
	State Reports	Students spent time researching different states in the library. When the writing was complete, students worked on making booklets to advertise our state.	State reports	Tool used: SimpleBooklet
	U.S. Regions	Student culminated their group research to orally present reports with a visual support.	U.S. Regions	Tool used: PhotoPeach *
*	Our Community	Students study the components of a community, then design and publish their own!		Tool used: Mapwing
*	The Revolutionary War	Fifth graders, in groups of 3-5, became experts in one topic of the Revolutionary War.		Tool used: JooMag
	MASH-UP PROJECTS
*	Comparative Writing	Students wrote and published their comparative writing piece		Tool used: Fotobabble Other possible tools: Educreations *
*	Animal Research Podcast	Students used a graphic organizer to gather research notes to write a 1st person report on an animal of their choice. Students then used keyword search strategies to find and save a picture of their animal. Animal pictures were then"Blabberized" as an enhanced podcast.	Link to class projects: Blabberize student projects . ... Leah, the Dolphin:	Tool used: Blabberize Other tools to use: Fotobable
	Cities Around the World Greenscreen	Students completed research on global cities, then worked together to share their writing.		Tool used: imovie
*	Poetry	Students wrote poetry, illustrated their work, and vocalized their products	More poetry examples	Tool used: Audacity PowerPoint Other tools to use: camera Vocaroo AudioBoo PhotoStory3 Memoriesonweb (PC only, download)
*	Historical Heroes	An end-of-year project, our students were asked to tell the story of a historical hero from the first-person perspective	Student work	Tool used: PhotoStory3 Other tools to use: CogDogRoo
	Inquiry-based videos	Students choose a topic of personal academic interest. Research resulted in multi-media projects.	More student projects	Tool used: Animoto Other tools to use: MuseumBox Memoriesonweb (PC only, download)
	Inquiry-based research projects	Students brainstormed and investigated topics with driving questions and used web 2.0 tools to present research findings on informational websites.	Global Warming More student projects	Tool used: Wikispaces Blabberize ImageLoop BigHugeLabs Other tools to use: Animoto MuseumBox Memoriesonweb (PC only, download)
	Collaborative group projects	WIth a class studying one topic (the Rainforest), each group became experts in one area. Expert panels answered face-to-face questions as their multi-media productions served as a background.	One group project	Tool used: Animoto
*	Sequential How To's	The age-old How To assignment takes on a partnership requiring knowledge, organization, cooperation and creativity.	How Tos Example	Tool used: FlipCam SchoolTube
*	I Wonder	Groups of kindergartners chose one country, formed their own questions, then discovered the answers by exploring picture books. ECE students work to answer their questions on Coral Reef.	I Wonder	Tool used: PhotoStory3 SchoolTube
*	Western Biographies	Third grade students research and wrote first-person perspectives on Western characters.	Western Biographies	Tool used: MyBrainShark
*	Colorado Characters	An examination of Colorado history	Radio Interviews with Historical Characters	Tool used: Glogster
*	Kinder and 1st grade	A spectacular greenscreen "production"		Tool used: imovie
	Biomes	Students spent time researching different biomes from resources in the library, focusing on finding a food chain.	Biome Mashups	Tools used: Audacity Animoto *
	Biology	Students spent time researching different biology components of a chosen topic and worked collaboratively to present their findings and conclusions.	Wolf Pack	Tools used: Wikispaces
*	Book Study	Students work collaboratively to write and publish books.